— substantiality, substantialness , n. — substantially , adv.
/seuhb stan"sheuhl/ , adj.
1. of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
2. of a corporeal or material nature; tangible; real.
3. of solid character or quality; firm, stout, or strong: a substantial physique.
4. basic or essential; fundamental: two stories in substantial agreement.
5. wealthy or influential: one of the substantial men of the town.
6. of real worth, value, or effect: substantial reasons.
7. pertaining to the substance, matter, or material of a thing.
8. of or pertaining to the essence of a thing; essential, material, or important.
9. being a substance; having independent existence.
10. Philos. pertaining to or of the nature of substance rather than an accident or attribute.
n.
11. something substantial.
[ 1300-50; ME substancial substantialis, equiv. to L substanti ( a ) SUBSTANCE + -alis -AL 1 ]
Syn. 3. stable, sound. 6. valid, important.
Ant. 2. immaterial, ethereal.